Number of people counted

Total population

• 43,692 people usually live in Western Bay of Plenty District. This is an increase of 1,866 people, or 4.5 percent, since the 2006 Census.
• Its population ranks 25th in size out of the 67 districts in New Zealand.
• Western Bay of Plenty District has 1.0 percent of New Zealand's population.

Māori population

• 7,560 Māori usually live in Western Bay of Plenty District. This is an increase of 648 people, or 9.4 percent, since the 2006 Census.
• Its Māori population ranks 21st in size out of the 67 districts in New Zealand.
• 1.3 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Western Bay of Plenty District.
   

Note: Total population figures are for the census usually resident population count.

The Māori population is the Māori ethnic group usually resident population count. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their only ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

• There are 16,941 occupied dwellings and 3,144 unoccupied dwellings in Western Bay of Plenty District.
• For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,570,695 occupied dwellings and 185,448 unoccupied dwellings.
• There are 99 dwellings under construction in Western Bay of Plenty District, and 9,756 under construction in New Zealand.

Note: This time series is irregular. Because the 2011 Census was cancelled after the Canterbury earthquake on 22 February 2011, the gap between this census and the last one is seven years. The change in the data between 2006 and 2013 may be greater than in the usual five-year gap between censuses. Be careful when comparing trends.

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables, and graphs.